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• IT Ops Need to Think About Cloud Computing

  Much of the resistance to cloud computing is by operational IT staff. Some of this resistance is based on real concerns; most of it is because of the fear of loss of control. IT Pros seem to fear that the moment the physical, on site datacentre disappears Read More... Posted 23 June 2010 12:01 by simon.munro | 7 Comments Filed under: Career, Cloud, cloud computing, IT Operations

• Data Professionals Need to Think About Cloud Computing

  Large enterprise databases that form the backbone of business are not going to move out to a cloud computing platform any time soon, but more and more data will be processed in and originate the cloud and data professionals need to understand how to work Read More... Posted 22 June 2010 09:31 by simon.munro | 9 Comments Filed under: Career, Cloud, cloud computing, Database, Data Professional

• User Experience Designers Need to Think About Cloud Computing

  At first you would think that in a world cloud computing applications would look and behave the same as any other web application – after all it is the financial model for computing that has changed, not what is served up, right? For many of the large Read More... Posted 21 June 2010 09:38 by simon.munro | 7 Comments Filed under: Career, Cloud, cloud computing, User Experience

• Testers and QA Need to Think About Cloud Computing

  Testers, who are normally derided as the poor cousins in IT, have an opportunity in cloud computing to assert their value to the development and operation of solutions. Any cloud computing project that implements the standard non-cloud test strategy (that Read More... Posted 18 June 2010 09:33 by simon.munro | 7 Comments Filed under: Career, Cloud, cloud computing, Testing

• Business Analysts Need to Think About Cloud Computing

  As cloud computing projects get under way, the demand for cloud savvy business analysts is going to outstrip demand. Cloud computing introduces more than just technical changes as it forces changes to IT processes and alters the way that the business Read More... Posted 17 June 2010 09:47 by simon.munro | 8 Comments Filed under: Career, Cloud, cloud computing, Business Analysis

• Creatives Need to Think About Cloud Computing

  At first glance there would seem to be little that creatives need to know about cloud computing – after all, it is just another hosting platform right? But there are some key things that creatives need to think about. I don’t wear the right clothes to Read More... Posted 16 June 2010 09:02 by simon.munro | 7 Comments Filed under: Career, Cloud, cloud computing, Creative

• Project Managers Need to Think About Cloud Computing

  Whether software development or infrastructure, the manner in which cloud computing projects are delivered is different enough to require a slightly different approach to project management. So while the same elements exist on cloud computing projects Read More... Posted 15 June 2010 11:25 by simon.munro | 7 Comments Filed under: Project Management, Career, Cloud, cloud computing

• Who Should Know About Cloud Computing?

  As much as cloud computing is getting media attention and is being hyped as the way that IT is going to be done in future, it seems that many people within the IT industry are ignoring it for now. While technologists, CIO’s and data centre professionals Read More... Posted 14 June 2010 09:16 by simon.munro | 7 Comments Filed under: Career, Cloud, cloud computing

• A Shortage of Technical Managers

  I was reminded this week of the common misconception that good developers are only interested in hardcore engineering and not in the delivery of business value. The additional assertion was made that in ‘the current climate’ that there is depressed demand Read More... Posted 18 September 2009 14:42 by simon.munro | 0 Comments Filed under: Delivery, Project Management, People, Career

• Deferring Costs to Future Generations

  Our leaders are doing it – spending large sums of money now bailing out banks with the assumption that one day, when the recession is over, that there will be someone to pick up the tab. And as individuals we are doing the same thing – if my boiler were Read More... Posted 07 May 2009 14:55 by simon.munro | 6 Comments Filed under: Project Management, Agile, Career, TDD